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Amblycheila hoversoni

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Amblycheila hoversoni
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A. hoversoni
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Amblycheila hoversoni
Gage, 1990

Amblycheila hoversoni, also known as the South Texas giant tiger beetle, is a flightless and nocturnal tiger beetle species found in south and west-central Texas, United States. First described in 1990, it is the largest tiger beetle species in the Western Hemisphere.[1]

References

  1. ^ Pearson, David L.; Knisley, C. Barry; Duran, Daniel P.; Kazilek, Charles J. (2015). A field guide to the tiger beetles of the United States and Canada: Identification, natural history, and distribution of the Cicindelinae (2nd ed.). New York: Oxford University Press. pp. 55–56. ISBN 9780199367160. Retrieved 23 May 2016.